Hey everyone! We wanted to remind you all of our next Military Veterans of Cuenca meeting – it’s Monday, September 2nd at 1 pm at Sabatino’s. If you want to eat lunch show up at noon and please, if you have not done so already, click here to place your lunch order. It helps you get served faster and ordering your lunch online really helps the restaurant staff to serve us more efficiently.
We have several interesting guest speakers lined up and should be interesting and informative.
Last month, a guest of a veteran who attended our meeting was impressed with our charitable activities and he donated enough money to buy 300 pairs of scissors and over 100 plastic folders. That is in addition to the 524 notebooks that the group was able to donate to the Maria Luisa Foundation.
If you have not signed up to help us deliver the notebooks and gifts to the children try to block Saturday, August 31st 2024 at 3 pm. Click here to attend the party and join the Maria Luisa Foundation staff as they distribute to 300 kids the backpacks filled with school supplies.
We also received an invitation to attend the Marine Corps Ball in Guayaquil on November 8th. We will discuss it more in detail at the meeting. We will also discuss what to do for Veterans Day.
At our August meeting, representatives from TIPTI. TIPTI is an online shopping and delivery service for Ecuador. Here is a link to the Google Play Store and here is a link to the Apple App Store . TIPTI representatives attended and explained what they do and helped us install their app on our phones.
They also handed out a bag of goodies to each attendee.
We also had Alejandro Hinijosa, the owner of Bodega Sudamericana,
a mule service company, call in from New York to tell us how to get things from the US to Cuenca and what the costs are. bodegasudamericana@gmail.com
Ecuador whatsapp +593999988424
US whatsapp and telegram +19142337320
Bryan Vidal from CATSA travel attended our August MVOC meeting and let us know about the 50% airline discounts for those of us over the age of 65.
CATSA has been in business for 10 years now here in Cuenca. They have many Expat clients and are available to you during your entire trip in case any problems arise. Be sure to ask about their 50% off flights! Bryan Vidal speaks English and is ready to serve you! Being some of us live in Ecuador lets pitch in and support local businesses.Address: Address: Av. 12 de Abril and José Peralta Edf. Paseo del Puente Ofc. 5 . Contact information: bryanvidalb@gmail.com 099 492 3033
Bryan conducted a drawing and our Veteran Services Officer, Mark Tomlinson, won a night’s stay at the Wyndham in Guayaquil, which came with a meal and transportation.
We have a new logo and are offering hats and shirts with them. If you want a hat or a shirt, let me know ASAP – we hope to have some available at the meeting if we get orders quick enough. The hats are $12 and the short sleeve polos are $17 and available in several colors.
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